until 5 december , when four of its aircraft were ordered to darwin , northern territory , in response to fears of japanese aggression in the pacific . on 7 december , this detachment established itself at pen ##fu ##i , near ko ##ep ##ang in dutch timor , while no . 2 squadron ' s eight remaining hudson ##s were stationed at darwin on stand ##by . the following day , aware that australia was now at war in the pacific , one of the pen ##fu ##i @ - @ based hudson ##s attacked the japanese pearl ##er nan ##yo maru , which was suspected of being a radio ship , and forced it aground . by 12 december , head ##lam had transferred to pen
until 5 december, when four of its aircraft were ordered to darwin, northern territory, in response to fears of japanese aggression in the pacific. on 7 december, this detachment established itself at penfui, near koepang in dutch timor, while no. 2 squadron's eight remaining hudsons were stationed at darwin on standby. the following day, aware that australia was now at war in the pacific, one of the penfui @ - @ based hudsons attacked the japanese pearler nanyo maru, which was suspected of being a radio ship, and forced it aground. by 12 december, headlam had transferred to pen